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No. 363,628. Patented May 24, 1887'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. FOX, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE STEELE & JOHNSONMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,628, dated May 24-,1887.

7 Application filed Fehrnaryll, I887. Serial K022551512. (No mocl.)

T 0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. Fox, of New York, in the county and Stateof New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inButtons, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relatesto n nifornrbuttons, such as those worn byconductors, yachtsmen, 850., and which are adapted to be slipped overan'ordinary or a plain button and removed when desired.

I am aware that heretofore such a unifornr button has been made of a capor shell provided with a fixed section of back-plate and a slidingsection of back plate, which latter could be adjusted after the cap orshell had been placed over an ordinary button,so as to extend over theback of the latter and secure the cap or shell in place thereon.

The great objection to the uniform-buttons of the kind I have abovedescribed is that they have been necessarily loose upon the ordinarybuttons when made large enough to be capable of being easily applied toand removed from the same. This objection has very materially interferedwith the use of these uniform-buttons.

The object of my present improvement is to obviate the difficulty in theabove-described uniform'buttons to which I have called attention.

The improvement consists in a button-cover adapted to wholly receive abutton, and having at the rear side a fixed back section and a slidingback section, and being provided on the inner side with a spring or barto press against the button and hold it firm.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a back view of auniform-button embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a similar viewshowing a sliding section of the back in a different position. In boththese figures the bar or spring which I have previously mentioned isapplied.

Similar letters of reference designate corre sponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates an ordinary button. As represented, this button is of atype commonly made from gutta-percha, bone, or like material. It has anumber of holes through which thread may be passed to r securing thebutton to a garment.

B designates my uniform-button, which consists of a cap orshell,prcfcrably made of sheet metal, ornamented and marked to suit thetaste or requirements of the user, and having at the rear a fixed-backsection, b, and a sliding back sectionJ). The fixed back section mayadvantageousl y be made integral with a ring, I)", fitted into the rearportion of the cap or shell. The sliding back section may be fitted intoa groove in the ring bflwhich is made integral with the fixed backsection, 12. Thus provision will be conveniently afforded for adjustingthe sliding back section circularly. The fixed back section, b, is shownas made approximately crescent shape, and the sliding back section isrepresented as of the same shape. The sliding back section is providedon the outer side with a small projection, I), which serves as a handleby means of which the sliding back section can be convenientlymanipulated, and also has a stop to limit the 36 movements of thesliding back section. The sliding back section can be moved into a position just inward of the fixed back section, so as to occupy a positionin line therewith and leave a large opening, whereby the uniformbuttoncan be applied and removed with facility; or the sliding back sectionmay, after the application of the uniform-button to the ordinary button,beyadjusted into a position opposite the fixed back section, so as tosecure 0 the uniform-button in place.

0 designates a spring or bar, As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, a springconsisting of a strip of sheet metal is employed. In 3 a bar, which maybe of metal or other material, is shown.

The spring or bar will preferably be ar-. ranged in such position thatit will be opposite the opening left between the fixed back sec tion andthe sliding back section when the IOC latter is adjusted into a positionopposite to the fixed back section. The unifornrbutton may be applied byslipping it over and press- What I claim as my invention, and desire to15 ing it against the ordinary button, and when secure by LettersPatent, is- Y the spring 0 is used the latter may yield to fa- Abutton-cover adapted to Wholly receive a cilitate the application of theuniform-button, button, and having at the rear side a fixed 5 and, afterthe adjustment of the sliding back, back section and a sliding backsection, and

section of the uniform button, will serve to being provided on the innerside with a spring 2o hold the uniform-button Without rattling. or barto press against the button and hold it When the bar 0 is used,thelatter may serve firm, substantially as specified. as a sort of arocking support upon which the [O uniform-button may rock in beingapplied to FRANK A. FOX.

the ordinary button. Asitadniits of this roek- I ing acti0n,it willallow of the application of the \Vitnesses: uniform-button easily, andyet will hold it CHAS. T. XVARD, againstrattlingafteritshallhavebeenapplied. D. H. DRIsooLL.

